I think one reason for chatgpt's appeal is its relatively stripped down plain text interface. If I want to go to a different website to understand what a Roth IRA does I probably have to deal with a bunch of goofy ads and promotions. The people long for simple plain text websites - ThreadSky

yanquigohome.bsky.social • 96 days ago

I think one reason for chatgpt's appeal is its relatively stripped down plain text interface. If I want to go to a different website to understand what a Roth IRA does I probably have to deal with a bunch of goofy ads and promotions. The people long for simple plain text websites

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sabedori.bsky.social•96 days ago

My brother in Christ install an adblocker

stxalq.dev•96 days ago

first party ads and promotions still exist. never discount marketing's need to upsell to a captive userbase

gjahn.bsky.social•96 days ago

True. It's one reason why I don't go to specific websites for being inundated with the stupid pop-ups any and everywhere.

stefanivan.com•96 days ago

Yucatec Maya website, ca. 11th-12th century, Chichen Itza

asimki.bsky.social•96 days ago

Think that’s a great point. Example: So sick of FB marketplace and Nextdoor I long for a return of #craigslist!!

tsh2.bsky.social•96 days ago

We have well paid engineers asking it for tax advice. Answers are, unsurprisingly not quite accurate.

charva42.bsky.social•96 days ago

Plus, it might tell you the best Roth IRA are made from a strain of yeast cultivated by monks in Belgrade.

thelordgod.bsky.social•96 days ago

If you want to understand roth IRA's don't use chat gpt for God's sake. The last thing you want is an explanation filled with errors when it comes to your financial future.

That shit is about as reliable as Elon Musk.

Just go to a fucking financial website. Jesus.

thequiltedbear.bsky.social•96 days ago

I'm running Firefox with Privacy Badger and AdBlock, and it helps a lot.

jgrahn.bsky.social•96 days ago

Agreed, though not so much text as simply the content, without having to fight your way to it.

No, I don't want to create an account, or subscribe to your newsletter, or get notifications, or store tracking cookies, or take a time limited discount offer, "while I'm there". I just want the stuff!

ysocks.bsky.social•96 days ago

Now all cgtp needs to master is not making up random stuff and presenting it as fact

ysocks.bsky.social•96 days ago

Shout out to https://rka1010vlog.bsky.social for not liking that his assertion about chatgpt making stuff up was so comprehensively proven wrong that he blocked me.

Or maybe he didn't like being told his prompt was poor 🤷‍♂️

ubik12.bsky.social•96 days ago

It’s sad the monetization of the web has destroyed its usability. ChatGPT won’t fix anything though because you can’t rely solely on the results.

jacksonpierce.bsky.social•96 days ago

Gemini too. It's not perfect but it's been really great in a pinch recently.

yanquigohome.bsky.social•96 days ago

This is what I mean by the way

norcalgardenofeden.bsky.social•96 days ago

Like the ones produced by functional government.

jslow.bsky.social•96 days ago

Correct

fkorf.bsky.social•96 days ago

This is a good take

imposbllemon.bsky.social•96 days ago

Unlock origin and Firefox's article feature

marissamadness.bsky.social•96 days ago

Yes and no. Plain text websites are awesome and straightforward. 👍🏼

But if that really is what people want, why are almost all tutorials these days in video format? I love when I can see steps written out, or with static graphics, instead of having to jump around a video to find what I'm looking for

thedrewstarr.bsky.social•96 days ago

Because Google and Facebook destroyed the text or static image ad market, and people had to pivot to video to get paid. It had nothing to do with how people want to access content, just how people can get paid for it

gcarty80.bsky.social•85 days ago

Do you think ad-blocker software may have contributed to the pivot-to-video push?

thedrewstarr.bsky.social•85 days ago

Not as much as other factors, the biggest if which was likely Facebook straight up lying about viewer metrics.
Had the rates paid for unobtrusive text and image ads not cratered, resulting in more obnoxious ads, we may have never seen ad blockers become so robust they threatened website revenue

oldmountainman.bsky.social•96 days ago

To get an answer without having to deal with advertising is what people want.

jayk117.bsky.social•96 days ago

Yeah, what we actually wanted was a search that works not a robot getting it wrong and destroying the planet in the process.

4one6ix.bsky.social•96 days ago

Sometimes I wonder if the adoption of Javascript and web apps was a mistake.

Like, maybe the web is at its best when it’s just raw HTML + CSS being shunted around to share documents. As was originally intended.

chrismcneil.bsky.social•96 days ago

cognitive load

fitzroy777.bsky.social•96 days ago

For me, it is the voice interface

lorekeeperlyrecat.bsky.social•96 days ago

Reporter here

The reporters year for simple plain text websites as well

manifestingchaos.bsky.social•96 days ago

Plus it’s so straight forward. Ask a question, get an answer… as opposed to visiting multiple sites until you find one that finally gives you what you need

rosidaevirides.bsky.social•96 days ago

Of course the answer isn’t usually *right*—but hey.

andrewbuzzell.bsky.social•96 days ago

100%, just like the old google. (leaving to one side llms aren’t info retrieval systems). and the ux will devolve in the same way for the same reasons.

sneakoxu.bsky.social•96 days ago

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